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Resignations From Writers Festival Pile up Over Code Silencing Anti-Semitism

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A published Australian author has become the latest literary figure to resign from extracurricular duties in her field as tensions brew in Australia over the Israel-Hamas war.
Kirstin Ferguson has authored three books on the topic of leadership: “Women Kind,” “Head and Heart,” and “Blindspotting.”
The writer and academic was set to participate in this year’s Bendigo Writers Festival (BWF) in Victoria, but announced on Aug. 14 that she would be withdrawing from the event.
The Epoch Times understands participants in the festival were required to adhere to a La Trobe University code of conduct at the university-facilitated event.
The code of conduct includes adhering to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism, with the Jerusalem Declaration on anti-Semitism as a guide….

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